Fastening device for freight-car doors.



E. M. WYLY.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR FREIGHT OAR DOORS. APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 26, 1912.

Patented July 22, 1913.

w vtmwmo EMANUEL III. WYLY, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNES$EE FASTENING DEVICEFOR FREIGHT-OAR DOORS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EMANUEL M. VVYLY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county ofHamilton and State of 'llennessee, have invented certain new and usefulIIHPl'OVQlTlOHtS in liastening Devices for Freight-Car Doors, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for fastening freight car doors.

Heretofore freight car doors have been fastened by hasps and staples orthe like secured to the forward end of the door and to the side of thecar, but this means of fastening the door has been found to beundesirable because of the danger of breaking the looks by the weight ofthe freight within the car being thrown. against the door, and myinvention is designed to overcome this defect.

My invention has for its object the provision of a device for lockingthe door consisting of a bar pivotally secured to the sill of the carand having an offset portion. forming a shoulder that engages the rearedge of the door when locked and having hooks pivotally secured theretothat engage staples extending through slots in the bar and mounted onthe door and the side of the car, the staple mounted outhe car beingpivotally secured so that it drops out of the way when not in thelocking position to prevent it from interfering with the movement of thedoor in opening it. By this construction, the door will be securelybraced to the side of the car and held rigidly in position to prevent itfrom being broken away from the car when subjected to the weight of thefreight within the car in coupling trains and when the car leans toeither side for any reason.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side of a fragment of a car and door showing my improvedlocking device in locked position; Fig. 2, a similar view showing thedoor unlocked and ready to be opened; Fig. 8, a longitudinal sectionalview of the fragment shown, in 1; and Fig. l, a detail view of thestaple secured to the car.

In the drawings, similar reference characters will be used to designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1912.

serial No. 717,165.

it indicates a. car having a sill l3 and the track 1 on which isslidably mounted the door D.

My improved locking device consists of a bar 1 having a downwardlycurved extension 2 pivotally secured to the sill B by means of the pin3, at indicating a spacing block secured to the sill to throw the baroutside of the tack U. The longitudinal portion of the bar 1 is formedwith an offset portion 5 forming a shoulder G that engages the rear edgeof the door when in locked position.

7 indicates a slot in the bar 1 and 25 a slot in the offset portion 5 toreceive staples 9 and 10 mounted on the car a'i'ih and the door l)respectively. 'ihe staple 9 is as shown, pivotally secured to a plate 11set into the side of the ear and when not engaging the slot 7, saidstaple drops into a recess 12 in said plate 11 to prevent the staplefrom interfering with the movement of the door D in opening it.

13 and let indicate hooks pivotally secured to bar 1 and offset portion5 and adapted to engage the staples 9 and 10 when the device is in alocked position as shown in Fig. 1, said hooks being provided withtransverse penings 15 to receive the wires for the seals commonlyen'iployed in sealing the doors.

W hen in use and in locked position as shown in Fig. 1., it will beapparent that the bar 1 and olfset portion 5 by being locked to the carA and door D will act as a brace to prevent outward movement of the doorwhen subjected to the weight of the freightwithin the car andfurthermore, that the shoulder (3 on the bar by engaging the .rar edgeof the door will protect the locking members from the effect of backwardand forward movement of the door incident to the effects of the inertiain pulling and pushing the on r while traveling and making up trains. Vihen it is desired to open the door, it will be apparent that by swingingthe hooks 13 and lit up and out of engagement with the staples 9 and 10,the bar 1 may then be moved away from the door and car suillciently torelease itfrom engagement with said staples and the bar will drop intothe position shown in Fig. 2. At the same time the staple 9 will dropinto the recess 12 in the plate 11 and the door may be opened. It willbe apparent that suflicient side play must be pro- Patented July 22,19913.v

vided between the end 2 of the bar 1 and the pin 3 to permit saidsidewise movement of the bar in unlocking it.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is 1. In combinationwith a freight car and a door slidably mounted on the outside of thecar, a bar pivot-ally secured to the car and having a shoulder to engagethe edge of the door, said bar having slots therein, staples mounted onthe car and door and adapted to enter said slots, and means secured tosaid bar to engage said staples.

2. In combination with a freight car and a sliding door mounted thereon,an angular bar pivotally secured to said car and having slots therein, astaple pivotally secured to the car and adapted to engage one of saidslots, a staple secured to the door and adapted to engage the otherslot, and hooks pivotally secured to the bar and adapted to engage saidstaples.

3. In combination With a car mounted on a sill and a door slidablymounted on the car, an angular bar pivotally secured to said sill andhaving an offset portion forming a shoulder to engage the rear edge ofthe door When in a closed position, said bar being formed With a slotand the offset portion provided With a slot, a staple pivotally securedto the car and adapted to engage the first mentioned slot, astaplesecured to the door and adapted to engage the slot in the offsetportion, and hooks pivotally secured to said slots and adapted to engagesaid staples.

i. In combination With a freight car and the door slidably mounted onthe outside thereof, an angular bar pivotally secured to the car andhaving a shoulder thereon adapted to engage the edge of said door, saidbar having slots therein, the pivot of said bar being arrangedtransversely thereof so that said bar moves through an arc of a circlehaving its plane parallel to the side of the car, staples secured to thecar and door and adapted to engage the slots in the bar, and meansmounted on the bar to engage said staples.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMANUEL M. WVYLY.

Vitnesses MARTIN LOVELADY, G. M. NEWTON.

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